Chautauqua was founded
in 1874 and has evolved around four pillars - Art, Education, Religion, and Recreation.
Buffalo, N.Y.,
was incorporated as a city in 1832 and has evolved around various pillars. For instance,
built in 1876 the Old
Erie County Building has four statues on its tower representing
Mechanical Arts, Commerce, Agriculture and Justice. The former Goldome Building has four interior pillars, painted in the late 1920s, with
the depictions of Art, Power, Commerce and Industry.

Recognizing the definition of art as "human creativity,
skill, and any craft or profession" (the first four definitions in Webster's
New World Dictionary), the Buffalo-Chautauqua idea invites Buffalo to see itself
rooted in Art, Architecture, History and Nature in connecting itself philosophically
with Chautauqua in the the 21st century.

The Landmark Cruise

The Landmark Cruise is an extension of the idea offered
as a special studies course at Chautauqua Institution in 2006 and 2007.

The Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature sponsors a weekly
Landmark Cruise on the Miss
Buffalo II every Wednesday at 3:00-5:00 p.m. during
July and August through Labor Day 2010. Dennis Galucki will guide participants on
a journey of the imagination while the captain takes the participants on an adventure
out into Lake Erie, the Niagara
River and the Black Rock channel. Using landmarks along
the way, we begin to see our region as a 21st century international destination for
art, architecture, history and nature.

Reservations suggested (some cruises sell out): 716.856.6696

The Art of Investing

The Smith Library, at Chautauqua Institution, Monday Noon-Hour Lecture/Discussion
Series, "The Art of Investing" is led by Dennis Galucki and meets every
Monday during the 9-week season at Chautauqua Institution. (Please check the
listing of daily activities on the back of the Monday Chautauquan Daily newspaper
for any variation in times).

Ideas must be invested in with time, resources and energy to become real. Attempting
to invest in a sustainable world through individual companies is the central theme
of the discussions.

Four key topics of discussion for individual investors are:

1. "Know thyself" and what risk/reward you want.

2 Develop a strategy, philosophy, asset allocation and disciplines to get what you
want.